Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 730 A New Era for Humanity
Scientific knowledge, when you don't know it, you will find it incredible, like a miracle.

However, after you understand it, you will feel that it is so profound that you can't help but want to explore more of its secrets.

Kong Yingda, Tenebrio molitor, ate high-protein, easily digestible food, which is a good tonic for the elderly like him.

Of course, today's Jiuyuan County School can bring him novelty, not only these.

Because, after several years of education, thousands of junior high school students have been produced here, and there are even hundreds of students who have graduated and stayed in school for more advanced knowledge exploration.

Physics and simple chemistry demonstrations are really amazing. Kong Yingda even saw a few little princes and princesses at one of the booths. After some inquiries, he found out that at the beginning of the year, Li Shimin They all stayed in Jiuyuan County to study.

And Jiuyuan County School does not teach Confucian knowledge at all, but the teaching method is a little different. They prefer to use pictures and texts to compile some principles into short stories that children can easily understand. Although the entire elementary school Among the Chinese textbooks in junior high school, there are less than ten short texts about Confucian knowledge, but there are very many such storybooks in the form of extracurricular readings.

Seeing these things, Kong Yingda finally realized, and also understood why Mozi, who advocated practical learning thousands of years ago, criticized Confucianism for being flashy.

People, to survive in the world, really can't just rely on the principles of retreat.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty, as well as many people of insight like Sun Zhengming, have already seen this clearly. They know how to absorb and use the good parts of Confucianism. As always, grasp the right to speak about the court, because this will not only affect the long-term rule of the country, but there are too many problems that cannot be solved by the way of Confucianism.

With Confucianism and the Confucian scholar-bureaucrat system, it is possible to govern the Han Dynasty, the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and even the Sui Dynasty, but it cannot govern the present era.

Because this country is already too big, what is needed is not only Confucian philosophy, but data analyzed by various sciences, high-tech products created, etc.

If it takes several months to walk from Chang'an to Anxi Dadu Protectorate, and a year or even longer to walk to Tammo Road, then it will be impossible to achieve effective rule over the local area.

This is just one of the very simple examples, so now, even the principle of "the people can be used, let them go" is no longer applicable.

Millions of people gather in a city. Without higher-end medicine, epidemic prevention, more effective architectural planning, and political system planning, it is impossible to make it operate normally, let alone effective output. The current situation is , even if 'the people can make it', it can't be 'let it go', it must take the initiative and carry out more scientific planning and management.

Therefore, the popularity of scientific knowledge is already an unstoppable trend. If these Confucian children cannot recognize the essence of this theory and figure out what kind of posture they should exist in this society, then they will inevitably be rejected. Eliminated by the general trend.

At dusk, Kong Yingda honestly followed everyone to have a meal in the dining area, but Sun Xiangfu didn't intend to accompany him, because he had already been entangled by his two children.

Then, at the final theatrical performance, when the children were about to perform on stage, Sun Xiangfu and Kong Yingda sat under the stage together and watched the children's singing and dancing performance.

"Do you now know the gap between Confucianism and scientific and practical learning?" Sun Xiangfu waved his hands gently following the rhythm of the performance on the stage, and stared at the stage in a low voice, but he didn't know what he was thinking Kong Yingda asked.

Kong Yingda replied with a slightly sad voice, "I already know that the scientific and practical learning you mentioned is the knowledge that can make all the people in the world rich and healthy. Confucianism can't do this."

For a person who has been educated in Confucianism since childhood and believes in Confucianism to the core, admit that Confucianism is not as good as others. It needs irrefutable facts to prove it. Exactly, Sun Xiangfu has already proved it to Kong Yingda and everyone in the world with facts.

But to accept this fact, Sun Xiangfu can roughly understand how difficult Kong Yingda's psychological test will be.

He comforted, "Human beings have gone through three stages of civilization from the era of primitive tribes, to the era of slave society, and then to the era of feudal monarchy. They have experienced thousands of years of development, and now, they are about to enter a world dominated by industrial technology. In the new era, this is the progress of mankind, a transformation of a higher level. All human beings should be happy for this kind of progress, because with every progress, human beings are getting better and better. "

Kong Yingda had never heard of this kind of discourse that looked at issues from the perspective of the whole human being. However, he thought about what Sun Xiangfu said, and it was true.

Datang, for now, is just beginning to transform into the era of industrial technology. The level of wealth and comfort of the people has far surpassed that of the Qin and Han Dynasties. It is hard to imagine what the future will be like.

"In your opinion, what will the future look like?" Kong Yingda looked at Sun Xiangfu with slightly cloudy eyes and asked.

"I don't know for sure. At least, sea, land and air will not be an obstacle. Maybe we can go to the moon to see it, but we probably won't be able to wait for that day." Sun Xiangfu looked up at the starry sky road.

"Moon, the moon?"

Kong Yingda's mouth trembled, but Li Chunfeng, who was sitting on the other side of Sun Xiangfu, saw a bright light in his eyes.

Previously, Sun Xiangfu provided him with a trigonometric formula for calculating the distance from the earth to the moon, and he had already calculated an approximate figure, which was about 38 kilometers.

Of course, this is not the point. The point is that Sun Xiangfu actually thinks that there is an aircraft that can fly such a long distance.

In his heart, Sun Xiangfu is a sage who can only speak the truth. He said yes, and it should end. Therefore, he is going to record this idea in a small book and pass it on to his disciples from generation to generation. After they have reached the level of industrial technology, they try to find a way to complete it.

When the performance was over, Sun Xiangfu did not forget to remind the teaching doctors of the Imperial College who followed Kong Yingda, and some students, not to forget to go to the Yamen of the General Manager's Mansion tomorrow to receive their punishment.

Then, he asked Zhang Ke to send someone to send a message to Changsun Wuji. These people would basically be detained when they went to Changsun Wuji. When Sun Xiangfu went to the Tubo Plateau, he would take them all with him. In fact, this can be regarded as a disguised form of sharing the pressure on Li Chengqian in Chang'an.

After all, those state schools and county schools that used to focus on Confucianism education are now facing closure. Many original teachers need a channel for promotion or resettlement. It's relatively ordinary, transferred to a new school, and it's not bad to be a Chinese teacher.

As long as they can teach children to read and write according to the content written in the textbooks, they are qualified to be hired. Compared with these things, it is much easier than when they taught students to read the Four Books and Five Classics and understand the meaning of classical Chinese.

On the way home, Sun Xiangfu had two children weighing more than 40 kilograms hanging on him. Fortunately, he was in a carriage, otherwise, he would have died of exhaustion.

"Daddy, Wukong follows us to school every day! Now, he has learned how to add and subtract within ten!"

"Really, then will you count?" Sun Xiangfu was overjoyed when he heard the words, glanced at Wukong who was squatting at the window of the carriage, looking out, and asked casually.

"Well, sometimes it's wrong."

Speaking of this, Sun Jing bit his finger in embarrassment, while Sun Wanting stuck out his tongue in embarrassment.

"Damn, you all follow me on this point." Seeing their expressions, Sun Xiangfu covered his forehead in pain and said.

"We take good care of Wukong!" Sun Jing said after rolling his eyes for a long time, thinking of his greatest specialty.

Sun Xiangfu patted his head helplessly and said, "Okay! With Daddy, this is considered a special skill, but you are almost finished reading the first grade, and you will still make mistakes in addition and subtraction within ten. Don't be known by your mother, otherwise, you will understand."

The two little guys shrank their necks as if they had heard something terrible. What they didn't know was that Yu Xiuer, who had returned home, had already asked Rose and Peony to find out their exam papers.

Therefore, other people's family is twenty-eight years old and sweeps the mess, while Sun's family is twenty-eight years old and beats the children.

After Sun Xiangfu's repeated assurances, the family finally ended the situation of chickens flying dogs jumping monkeys squeaking, and then, Sun Xiaomei will be picked up tomorrow to help the two little guys make up math lessons. As for Li Chunfeng, who is also good at math, Since he is writing his book on meteorology, he will be left alone.

Uncle De couldn't figure out why an elementary school student should be taught by a top math master like Sun Xiaomei. However, after seeing her come back, Sun Xiangfu kept asking her, so he knew it. After the two little guys had had enough lessons, they found a step for Yu Xiuer to walk down.

"I have followed the method you taught me to plant hybrid rice for two consecutive seasons this year, and I am strictly implementing it. However, the yield is the same as what I wrote to you before. It is not very impressive. I will try planting in the third season next year. I don't have much confidence either." Sun Xiaomei said with a look of shame.

Sun Xiangfu comforted, "The second phase of planting is already more difficult than the first phase. The average yield per mu increased by more than ten catties each time, which is not bad. After eight seasons of planting, the production capacity per mu increased by about one hundred catties, basically Even if it is successful, let’s plant according to the current rhythm! Anyway, there is no rush.

Next year, we can focus more on the new African crops brought back by Li Daochang. "

Hearing Sun Xiangfu said this, Sun Xiaomei smiled and said, "I don't need to worry about this. When Mei Niang learned that Li Daochang and the others were coming back, she ran over immediately and snatched more than half of the seeds to Suizhou. Let’s go, now! Everyone in Suizhou only recognizes her, not Li Yuanchang. Anyway, I have more planting projects in Yingzhou, so I’ll leave them all to her!”

"That's right, it seems that you are very concerned about the development of Yingzhou! Go back and tell that boy Li Ke in the next year to make a report to the clan mansion and find someone to come to the mansion to propose marriage! After the first month is over , I will go to Tubo."

"Brother~!" Speaking of this, Sun Xiaomei blushed and complained sweetly, and stomped away.

Looking at the back of her running away with a smile, Sun Xiangfu remembered that it was time to discuss with Yu Xiu'er how to get Sun Xiaomei's dowry.

(End of this chapter)